Outcomes
April 26, 2009, by Homme De Sept-Iles
The story of this season, of any season perhaps, is in the asking and not in the getting.
What we ask for and what we get are sometimes different. Often? Rarely? Depends on the request list.
What did Montreal fans ask for?
What were the asks?
Who were the askers?
What did you want? What did you get.
I’m thrilled about Montreal’s performance in the Boston series.
Thrilled? Sure.
If my measure is a team’s passion and commitment in the face of defeat – then Montreal Canadiens won one of their greatest battles.
This team was missing over $20 million in players. Yet they outperformed the Bruins for longer periods than the Bruins were able to outperform Montreal.
I’m tired of measures of outcomes purely by the final score. It’s like valuating a child by her report card grades.
The text that accompanies the report card is more valuable.
The moments. The memories. Kind gestures. The magic.
What people might say positively about the child … the team … the accentuation of the positives. These are the things that build future.
Fault-finding, aside from its impact on technique, on practice or method is a wasted energy. Beyond refining technique, it is superfluous as a thematic guide. It has its place. For a hockey team or player it finds its worth in the video room, in the correctional feedback and on the practice surface.
Practice itself, over the course of, say, one week should encompass correction, repetition of strength, celebration, the unexpected, joy in doing and fun. It needs at different times and to different degrees, accuracy, criticism, encouragement and release. This is part of a larger process that is wholly conducive to growth and ultimately success.
In examining process, then, a team is far wiser and ultimately far more able to reach the outcomes that people farther away from their process have expected for them. And that team will also reach positive outcomes that only they are aware of.
Now, how are you going to measure success?
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